Preparing for the Durga Puja Festival

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An Indian artisan gives the final touches to an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga ahead of the Dushhera-Vijaya Dashami festival at a workshop in Hyderabad on October 2, 2013. Durga Puja, the annual Hindu festival that involves worship of the goddess Durga who symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology, culminates in the immersion of idols in bodies of water.

An Indian artisan gives the final touches to an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga ahead of the Dushhera-Vijaya Dashami festival at a workshop in Hyderabad on October 2, 2013. Durga Puja, the annual Hindu festival that involves worship of the goddess Durga who symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology, culminates in the immersion of idols in bodies of water.